Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Mediaite reports:
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) gave an energetic speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida on Thursday afternoon, taking multiple swings at his favorite pandemic-era piñata: Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“Let me welcome you to the freest state in these United States!” DeSantis called out to the cheering crowd to kick off his speech. He criticized other elected officials for following the “health bureaucrats” because it was “a safe thing to do politically.”
“So we’ve stood for freedom across the board, and the result has been Florida has defeated Faucism!” said DeSantis in another applause-drawing line. “Freedom has prevailed in the Sunshine State!”
Florida Politics reports:
With conservatives cheering him on, DeSantis urged them to don the “armor of God” and the “shield of faith” as they fight to reclaim the nation in 2024. The stakes, he suggested, are high.
“Their goal is not to make our country great,” DeSantis decried of “the left,” marking his closest reference to former President Donald Trump, who coined the phrase “Make America Great Again.”
“It’s to marginalize the conservative half of the country. They want us to be powerless. They want us to be voiceless. They want us to be second-class citizens,” DeSantis continued.
‘Florida Has Defeated Faucism!’ @GovRonDeSantis Touts State’s Covid Policies in Rowdy CPAC Speech https://t.co/LN1NjyXgJc
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 24, 2022
Gov. DeSantis just attacked the press in his speech at CPAC, calling it a “blizzard of lies.” Said the press is intent on propping up the “regime” in the United States, which he calls the “Brandon administration.”
Speech ended at 1:55 p.m. ET. No mention of Russia or Ukraine.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) February 24, 2022
Ron DeSantis tells CPAC: “People look to Florida as citadel of freedom who are chafing under authoritarian rule all over the world.”
His example of authoritarian rule is Australia
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) February 24, 2022
At CPAC, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says Florida is a “citadel of freedom” and countries like Australia and Canada are examples of “authoritarian rule.”
Not mentioned: Russia. pic.twitter.com/ASnWvPJ4uE
— The Recount (@therecount) February 24, 2022